AUSTRALIAN RESUSCITATION COUNCIL CHAIRMAN Professor I G Jacobs, BAppSc, DipEd, PhD, RN, FRCNA DEPUTY CHAIRMAN A/Professor P Morley, MB BS, FRACP, FANZCA, FJFICM CHAIRMAN’S INVITATION Dear Colleague, The Tenth International “Spark of Life” Conference will be held in Melbourne on 16 – 18 April 2015 with the theme of “Front Line to Recovery”. The scientific content of the program promises to deliver the latest resuscitation science and importantly its translation to resuscitation practice, thereby strengthening each of the links in the “chain of survival“. A faculty of international and Australian speakers with expertise in many facts of resuscitation have accepted our invitation to participate in the conference. The conference program is designed to ensure the content will be relevant and informative to all involved in resuscitation teaching and practice. This conference is being held in Melbourne at the Hilton on the Park, East Melbourne. Consistent with previous Spark of Life conferences, a significant Trade Exhibition will give conference participants the opportunity to view and explore the latest in resuscitation equipment and training materials. Pre-conference workshops will also be held prior to the conference where participants will be able to undertake specific and concentrated educational activities. The Spark of Life conference provides an excellent opportunity to update knowledge as well as meet with old friends and make new acquaintances. I warmly welcome you to attend the 10th Spark of Life conference and look forward to meeting you in Melbourne in 2015. Professor Ian Jacobs National Chairman INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Maaret CASTREN (Finland) Maaret Castrén is a nurse, an anesthesiologist and an emergency physician. She is at the moment working as the Medical Director of the Emergency Care, HUCS in Helsinki, Finland. She became the first professor of Emergency Medicine in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet 2007, and the first professor in Emergency Medicine in Finland at Turku University 2012. She has an international research group validated as excellent, near to outstanding when the Karolinska research groups were validated by external experts. Maaret has been the Chair of European Resuscitation Council since 2012 and is the Co-chair for the ILOR Cguidelines congress 2015. Professor Gavin PERKINS (UK) Gavin Perkins is Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Warwick and Consultant Physician at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and Medical Emergency Resuscitation Team (MERIT) Consultant with West Midlands Ambulance Service. Prof Perkins graduated from the University of Birmingham and trained in the West Midlands region, initially as a respiratory physician before specialising in critical care medicine. He has a long-standing interest in cardiac arrest care and has established research programmes to explore the effectiveness of CPR feedback devices, mechanical CPR devices and debriefing as tools to improve outcomes from cardiac arrest. He currently serves as a Director of Research for the UK Intensive Care Foundation and Chair of the Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Committee and European Resuscitation Council BLS / AED Working Group. He also Chairs the International Liaison Committee for Resuscitation BLS/AED Task Force. Mr Jonathon WEBBER (New Zealand) Jonathon Webber is an Advanced Qualified Lifeguard with over 25 years’ experience at Piha Beach on Auckland’s West Coast and an Honorary Senior Clinical Tutor in the Department of Anaesthesiology at the University of Auckland and Resuscitation Officer at Auckland City Hospital. Jonathon’s voluntary roles include: Senior Advisor to Pakistan Aquatic Life Saving, Board Member for WaterSafe Auckland, and member of the Piha SLSC Callout Squad. For Surf Life Saving Northern Region (NZ), he has held the roles of Director of Lifesaving, Director of Regional Services, Duty Operations Officer, and Medical Advisory Group member. He currently represents Surf Life Saving New Zealand on the New Zealand Resuscitation Council and is a member of the International Life Saving Federation Rescue Operations and Medical committees. Jonathon has authored and co-authored several journal articles, textbook chapters and national surf lifesaving policies. He has presented and published work on drowning detection and response, lifeguard perception and performance of CPR, leisurerelated injuries at NZ beaches, and airway management, first aid training and resuscitation in the aquatic environment. AUSTRALASIAN VISITOR A/Professor Ian CIVIL (New Zealand) Ian is a graduate of the University of Auckland School of Medicine completing his MBChB in 1976 . His initial surgical training was undertaken in Auckland where he completed his general surgical fellowship in 1983. In the mid-80s he worked in the USA for three years, first as a vascular surgery fellow at the Cleveland Clinic and then as a trauma fellow in the Southern New Jersey Regional Trauma Center in Camden, NJ. After returning to NZ in 1987, Ian took up a combined University of Auckland/Royal NZ Army Medical Corps appointment in which he served for 5 years. In 1990-1 he led the NZ Army Medical Team to the first Gulf War. He has served on a number of international trauma organisations becoming President of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) in 1999 and President of the International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Intensive Care (IATSIC) from 2007-2009. Ian is a founding member of the Australasian Trauma Society and served as President from 20112013. He was a RACS Councillor from 2003-2012 and from 20102012 served as President. Ian is a member of the Editorial Boards for the World Journal of Surgery and the World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Associate Editor of Traffic Injury Prevention, Senior Editor of the Australian and NZ Journal of Surgery and Deputy Editor of INJURY. In 2012 Ian was appointed Clinical Leader of the Major Trauma National Clinical Network for the Ministry of Health and ACC, and Clinical Leader of the Perioperative Harm Advisory Group for the Health Quality and Safety Commission. Ian is an Associate Professor of Surgery with the University of Auckland and practices as a General and Vascular surgeon at Auckland City Hospital where he is the Director of Trauma Services. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM FRIDAY 17 April 2015 0830–1030 Welcome (1 x 30 mins) Chair: National Chairman Prof Ian Jacobs Plenary I (2 x 45 mins) “Don Harrison Perpetual Lecture” Resuscitation in Trauma Important things I have learnt. Australasian Visitor A/Prof Ian Civil Emergency Medical Dispatch The good, the bad and the ugly Prof Maaret Castren 1030-1100 Morning Tea 1100-1300 Plenary II (4 x 30 mins) 1300-1400 Chair: Prof Hugh Grantham Mechanical CPR What you need to know! Prof Gavin Perkins Resuscitation Outcomes Separating fact from fiction Prof Judith Finn Drowning An update – what we need to know Mr Jonathon Webber Advances in Trauma Care New and promising therapies A/Prof Ian Civil Lunch 1400-1530 (3 concurrent sessions) 1530-1600 Afternoon tea 1600-1730 Plenary III (3x30mins) 1730 Close 1930 Conference Dinner FREE PAPER SESSIONS Chair: A/Prof Paul Middleton Quality CPR Nice idea but does it really improve survival? A/Prof Peter Morley Post Resuscitation Care Can we do better? A/Prof Stephen Bernard Prognostication in Cardiac Arrest Are we getting it right? Prof Gavin Perkins SATURDAY 18 April 2015 0830-1030 Plenary IV (4 x30 mins) Chair: Prof Julie Considine Therapeutic Hypothermia Prof Maaret Castren What does the evidence really tells us..? Community Engagement A/Prof Tony Walker Improving the community response to cardiac arrest Resuscitation during battle Prof Michael Reade Translating this experience to the civilian setting Resuscitation training The future of ALS courses in Australia 1030-1100 Morning tea 1100-1300 Plenary V (4x30mins) 1300 – 1400 Lunch 1400-1530 Plenary VI (3 x 30 mins) Chairs: Dr Fin Macneil The use of oxygen in emergency care Are we over doing it! Mr Michael Gale A/Prof Michael Parr Spinal Immobilisation Much ado about nothing Dr Natalie Hood Street drugs A rapidly changing field Dr David Caldicott (TBC) Emerging Infectious diseases Implications for resuscitation (TBC) Chair: Dr Peter Leman Managing the paediatric arrest Things you need to remember. Recognising the deteriorating child The key to improving survival Dr Richard Aickin Dr Stuart Lewena Drowning prevention Mr Jonathon Webber New strategies to address an old problem 1530-1600 Afternoon tea 1600-1650 Plenary VII 1650 -1700 Chair: A/Prof Michael Parr Q&A Have those questions answered. Expert Panel Closing remarks Prof Ian Jacobs
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